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English grammar lesson 29: Gerunds and infinitives · Set 94 · 40 questions
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The grammar rule (The first verb decides): -ing after: enjoy, finish, avoid, keep, practise, and after every preposition (good at swimming, fond of reading, looking forward to meeting). to + base after: want, decide, plan, hope, promise, agree, need, refuse. Learn them in pairs: enjoyed singing, decided to sing.

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  1. 1.Isha is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) climbs (b) to climb (c) climb (d) climbing
  2. 2.Myra is looking forward to ___ on the stage next week. (a) to dance (b) dance (c) dancing (d) dances
  3. 3.Aarav enjoyed ___ rice. (a) to cook (b) cook (c) cooks (d) cooking
  4. 4.Ananya finished ___ a message. (a) send (b) sending (c) to send (d) sends
  5. 5.Rohan kept ___ in the pool. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) to swim (d) swim
  6. 6.Neel avoided ___ a message. (a) sends (b) to send (c) sending (d) send
  7. 7.Dev is looking forward to ___ a sandcastle next week. (a) building (b) builds (c) to build (d) build
  8. 8.Farhan practised ___ a cap. (a) wear (b) wears (c) to wear (d) wearing
  9. 9.Kabir avoided ___ a tree. (a) plants (b) to plant (c) plant (d) planting
  10. 10.Ananya kept ___ a kite. (a) flies (b) fly (c) to fly (d) flying
  11. 11.Karan is fond of ___ Hindi. (a) speak (b) speaking (c) to speak (d) speaks
  12. 12.Sneha is looking forward to ___ science next week. (a) study (b) to study (c) studying (d) studies
  13. 13.Ananya enjoyed ___ the bag. (a) carry (b) carries (c) to carry (d) carrying
  14. 14.Rahul refused ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) to throw (c) throws (d) throwing
  15. 15.Yash is fond of ___ rice. (a) cook (b) to cook (c) cooking (d) cooks
  16. 16.Neel enjoyed ___ a message. (a) sends (b) send (c) to send (d) sending
  17. 17.Ananya planned ___ to school. (a) going (b) go (c) goes (d) to go
  18. 18.Rohan hoped ___ milk. (a) to drink (b) drinking (c) drinks (d) drink
  19. 19.Omkar kept ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) dance (c) to dance (d) dancing
  20. 20.Yash needed ___ a bicycle. (a) to ride (b) ride (c) rides (d) riding
  21. 21.Vivaan kept ___ a cake. (a) bake (b) bakes (c) baking (d) to bake
  22. 22.Kavya finished ___ science. (a) studies (b) study (c) to study (d) studying
  23. 23.Meera planned ___ the match. (a) winning (b) win (c) to win (d) wins
  24. 24.Yash is good at ___ the room. (a) clean (b) cleaning (c) cleans (d) to clean
  25. 25.Karan practised ___ to school. (a) going (b) to go (c) go (d) goes
  26. 26.Nisha is good at ___ the dog. (a) feed (b) to feed (c) feeding (d) feeds
  27. 27.Karan is interested in ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) to dance
  28. 28.Yash finished ___ the ball. (a) throw (b) throwing (c) throws (d) to throw
  29. 29.Yash wanted ___ Grandma. (a) to help (b) helps (c) help (d) helping
  30. 30.Manav is looking forward to ___ vegetables next week. (a) buys (b) buying (c) buy (d) to buy
  31. 31.Dev agreed ___ in the park. (a) jogs (b) jogging (c) jog (d) to jog
  32. 32.Sneha agreed ___ in the park. (a) run (b) running (c) runs (d) to run
  33. 33.Aisha kept ___ on the stage. (a) dances (b) to dance (c) dancing (d) dance
  34. 34.Yash is looking forward to ___ cricket next week. (a) to play (b) playing (c) play (d) plays
  35. 35.Tara is looking forward to ___ a tree next week. (a) plant (b) to plant (c) plants (d) planting
  36. 36.Riya decided ___ to school. (a) go (b) going (c) to go (d) goes
  37. 37.Omkar is looking forward to ___ Grandma next week. (a) helps (b) help (c) helping (d) to help
  38. 38.Kabir practised ___ a song. (a) singing (b) sing (c) sings (d) to sing
  39. 39.Ananya is looking forward to ___ the dishes next week. (a) washes (b) washing (c) to wash (d) wash
  40. 40.Dev practised ___ a bicycle. (a) riding (b) rides (c) ride (d) to ride

Answer key

  1. climbing
  2. dancing
  3. cooking
  4. sending
  5. swimming
  6. sending
  7. building
  8. wearing
  9. planting
  10. flying
  11. speaking
  12. studying
  13. carrying
  14. to throw
  15. cooking
  16. sending
  17. to go
  18. to drink
  19. dancing
  20. to ride
  21. baking
  22. studying
  23. to win
  24. cleaning
  25. going
  26. feeding
  27. dancing
  28. throwing
  29. to help
  30. buying
  31. to jog
  32. to run
  33. dancing
  34. playing
  35. planting
  36. to go
  37. helping
  38. singing
  39. washing
  40. riding

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